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Peer reviewedSippings, Gwenda – Electronic Library, 1987
Reports results of a 1987 survey of the British membership of Aslib on the use of information technology in libraries and information centers. Responses are analyzed in four areas: (1) hardware; (2) software applications and packages; (3) online searching; and (4) new technologies for communications, document delivery, and information storage. (2…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Foreign Countries, Information Technology, Library Associations
Peer reviewedFranklin, Laurel F. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1987
Describes a study at City College Library which examined the proportion of name headings that could be validated against the Library of Congress Name Authority File in automated authority control. The implications for the use of automated authority control as a means of integrating current and retrospective headings are discussed. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Automation, Machine Readable Cataloging
Zeidner, Nancy I., Comp. – 1976
This Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) kit compiled by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) contains documents pertaining to bibliographic access in ARL libraries. Data collected in a 1975 SPEC user services survey are presented in two tables to illustrate new, eliminated, and planned services in ARL libraries and methods of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Cataloging, Higher Education
Kranich, Nancy C.; And Others – 1984
New York University (NYU) Libraries received a 1-year grant from the Association of Research Libraries to study users' responses to its recently installed Geac online catalog, Bobcat (Bobst Library Computerized Catalog). The survey instrument, developed for Council on Library Resources (CLR)-funded national study of responses to public access…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Automation, Library Catalogs
Peer reviewedKoohang, Alex A.; Byrd, David M. – Library and Information Science Research, 1987
Describes an investigation of the differences between the levels of the independent variables of gender, college level, previous computer experience, and familiarity with computer keyboarding on college students' attitudes toward the usefulness of a library computer system. Based on the results, some recommendations are made for practice and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Analysis of Variance, Attitude Measures, Evaluation Criteria
Peer reviewedMicco, Mary; And Others – Library Software Review, 1987
Provides an interim report on a project whose goal is to provide subject access to the knowledge of mankind at least as well as the skilled reference librarian. Classification and concept formation are discussed in terms of four modules: diagnostics of information-seeking behavior, network interface, subject access, and graphic interface. (EM)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cognitive Structures, Computer Graphics, Concept Formation
Download full textCotter, Gladys A.; And Others – 1986
The Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC), an organization charged with providing information services to the Department of Defense (DoD) scientific and technical community, actively seeks ways to promote access to and utilization of scientific and technical information (STI) databases, online services, and networks relevant to the conduct…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Design Requirements, Directories, Government Libraries
Peer reviewedHildreth, Charles R. – Library Trends, 1987
Presents a classification scheme for generations of online catalogs; discusses current online technologies and identifies deficiencies; and discusses enhancements that will take online catalogs into the next generation. Such enhancements will include increased access to information through user-system dialogue, automatic search aids, subject…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Classification, Futures (of Society), Indexes
